I watched this last week and saw quite a bit of macro blocking in backgrounds. It was fairly easy to see in the beginning prison scenes in the background and in the hospital after the explosion in the backgrounds. Overall this is a great looking BD though, just has some issues here and there.

31:30 to 31:36. This is the worst instance of macro blocking that I saw. It is the fade up from black to a closeup of Hunt's face in the hospital after the Kremlin bombing.

Please let me know if you see it on your copy. Mine is the Best Buy exclusive.

I am using an Oppo BDP93 and an Anthem LTX300V LCOS projector at 110".

Well this is weird. On a whim, I decided to exchange my Mission Impossible BD for another at Best Buy. Lo and behold, the macro blocking that I described above is not on my new copy! Perhaps there is a bad batch of these discs.

this is such a weird issue. enough reports to give it credance, but no clear
explanation.

I'd have thought fades have always been an Achilles heel for high-compression codecs. It's not equally busted on all movies, but it certainly is an area that always needs particular attention in any given production. Some projects get this attention, and other times a bad fade "gets through" on a project.

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Well this is weird. On a whim, I decided to exchange my Mission Impossible BD for another at Best Buy. Lo and behold, the macro blocking that I described above is not on my new copy! Perhaps there is a bad batch of these discs.

Well, I have egg on my face.

I checked this again last night in absolute darkness and the macro blocking is still there. Sorry to get everyone's hopes up.

I watched this again with a full theater at a party last night. I did not see blocking at any point and no driop outs in the audio either.

Can I get some time points to look for the blocking ?

Art

+1. I still have it , so I'll check again.

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Watched the Best Buy exclusive version again (3rd time) last night. This time projected in 1080i (Sharp LCD projector) on a 110" screen. No blocking, no artifacts, no audio dropouts. Stunning picture and audio quality from beginning to end.

Is anyone seeing macroblocking when it fades up from black to a close up of Ethan's face in the hospital after the Kremlin bombing? The fade up from black before it resolves on Hunt's face is riddled with macro blocking.reverse and watch it again it was so noticeable.

Watched the BB Edition on an Oppo BDP93 at 110" using an Anthem LTX300V LCOS projector.

I rewatched that scene last night several times, including in slow motion through the fade. No blocking whatsoever. Just pure solid black (or as black as a PJ can do).

There must be a bad batch out there, for some to have this issue, and many of us do not.

I didn't think it was great but I did enjoy it. And it's sooooo much better than the disasterpiece of MIssion: Impossible II. I couldn't be happier that Jon Woo is making movies outside of Hollywood again. M:i-II was everything that's bad about Woo's direction combined with a bad Hollywood script arranged around the stunts that Cruise wanted in the film all congealed into a disgusting mess. Just thinking about it makes me want to go watch Red Cliff to wash the taste out of my mouth.

I just watched this. It looked and sounded great. Demo material all the way. This is the only MI movie I own, and the only one I've ever really seen, thanks to Brad Bird. I figured if anyone could pull off a great spy action movie, it would be him. It was entertaining, for what it was. My biggest problem is that for all the big action sequences, there was zero tension. None of the leads ever seemed in danger at all, nor did the world, which was purportedly at stake.

I really enjoyed Ghost Protocol when watching the Blu-ray. I don't dig the flimsy story at all, so I just gave myself over to the nutty action sequences and had a hell of a time. And in a roundabout sorta way it's the closest one to the template of the TV show, because we rarely learned a great deal about the villains in them either. The team has a task to accomplish and them knowing the bad guy is completely irrelevant, all they know is that they have to stop him. The more personal the involvement the higher emotional stakes, to be sure. MI3 is proof of that. But at least Ghost Protocol doesn't end with an astonishingly cheesy shot of the team celebrating.

I really enjoyed Ghost Protocol when watching the Blu-ray. I don't dig the flimsy story at all, so I just gave myself over to the nutty action sequences and had a hell of a time. And in a roundabout sorta way it's the closest one to the template of the TV show, because we rarely learned a great deal about the villains in them either. The team has a task to accomplish and them knowing the bad guy is completely irrelevant, all they know is that they have to stop him. The more personal the involvement the higher emotional stakes, to be sure. MI3 is proof of that. But at least Ghost Protocol doesn't end with an astonishingly cheesy shot of the team celebrating.

A bad movie on Blu-ray is still a bad movie. And the end is set up for a another bad sequel

Problem with IM movies are the audiences type. MI1 is mostly story mystery. MI2 has almost no story and almost entirely pure action. MI3 has good balance of story and action. MI4 is heavier on action with decent amount of story.

So, entire MI movie series will never satisfy all the fans unless you are willing to watch each one for what they are.

I just watch MI: Ghost Protocol last nigh on my new Sony S790. I noticed that only in the first 5 minutes (prison scene), that there was noticable macro-blocking in the green parts of the prison wall were the gaurds are. Other than that, it was a fantastic movie with excellent PQ and AQ. Was wondering if it was a player problem or Disc problem? From what I read here, it looks to be a disc problem.

AQ and PQ is stupendous and great demo material. But as time goes on, I really hated this movie despite a deep respect for Brad Bird and what he did with the Incredibles. Technically it looked the most modern and flashy but as far as story, character, and entertainment I give it an F and IMO the worst of the series. It is incredibly shallow and never took anything serious. Esp the opening act in the prison break out where Cruise keeps looking at the camara and horsing around and this seem to go on and on and on it was a precursor to what's to come.

Same with that scene where Renner in that floating chamber where he does this 3 stooges imitation act it was ridiculous. Look, there's a fine line between adding humor to action film but to the point where they goof off and go over board is really poor film making. Another example is with Cruise in the wall climbing with the gloves, again too much goofing off.